crisp
adjective
(especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle.
was crisping
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past progressiveof crisp.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When Rachel re-entered the room, a moment later, a letter was crisping into black curls in the fire-place, and the man sat watching it moodily.
From Told In The Hills by Marah Ellis Ryan
A gentle breeze was crisping the waters, and served to allay the heat, which, at a more advanced period of the season, is by no means an enviable one.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
It was a frosty night, the stars shone clear above me, and the road was crisping beneath my feet.
From Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The sea was crisping and dimpling under the wind.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
